Looking to upgrade your 12-18 Jetta GLI, 14-18 Jetta 1.8T to a much less restrictive and deeper sounding exhaust system? AWE tuning has been producing well-tuned and engineered exhaust systems to competitively dominate the market.

AWE’s exhaust system represents the most comprehensive exhaust development project in our company's history. The Mk6 Jetta GLI & 1.8T Touring Edition Exhaust replaces the factory exhaust from the downpipe back, featuring a straight-through resonator and AWE Tuning's 180 Technology™ in the rear muffler section. AWE has spent considerable time and effort during development to achieve remarkable civility when idling and at part throttle cruising, while also producing a war-cry wail when full throttle is applied. Handmade in-house, these systems command respect while remaining sophisticated, refined, and powerful, all at once.

As exhaust gases exit the engine and flow into an AWE Tuning 180 Technology™ equipped resonator, they pass through strategically located ports, and into reflection chambers. Sound waves, carried by these exhaust gasses, bounce off the walls of the reflection chambers. By controlling the size and location of the ports and the chambers, we also control when the sound waves exit the chambers. The specific timing of when the reflected sound waves re-join the main exhaust flow creates a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree out-of-phase sound wave that cancels out problematic frequencies. More on AWE Tuning 180 Technology™ in the tab above.

Options:

• AWE Tuning Touring Catback Chrome Tips 3015-22058
• AWE Tuning Touring Catback Diamond Black Tips 3015-23050

Overview

Why did we choose 2.5 inch and not 3.0 inch diameter for our MK6 exhaust?

Our first 2.0T/1.8T exhaust prototypes were indeed 3.0 inch, but we found that the effort it took to move the large mass of air in the 3.0 inch system at lower rpms resulted in a loss of torque with very little offsetting gain up top.

Please note that due to the use of high flow catalytic converters, our downpipe section is legal only for racing vehicles which may never be used upon a highway.

Exhaust Sound